The Sun. — London, England, 1808-09-13 00:00:00

• - MAILS. DoE—: Gottenbnrgh, i Dublin, r Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS - THIS DAY' AT TWELVE, O'CLOCK. - 66 H I Omnium - . dis. Consols . - T [1 E SUN. 101.15c4*8 DICL&t • I AI 114 euuEAT ? L '0- N D 0 IV, TJE SPAY, SEPTEMELR 13, 1808. We are happy to announce the safe arrival of the homeward-bound East India Fleet in the Downs, urOer convoy of the Jupiter and the Thetis The West India Fleet, of 100 SaSI, is hourly expected. We received, last *night, Dutch and Hawburgh. Papers. They confirm the accounts that previously , reached us; viz, that BUONAPARTE is at length with drawing his Troops from the Prussian Territories. • I These Papers contain intelligence from Paris to the 3d inst. ; the Moniteur of that day acknowledges the escape of . the SpaniSh Troops from the Danish doipinions, bLit, with unequalled effrontery, it speaks .01 - the treacherous condua of . the Marq. DE RONI ANA. That BUONAPARTE, I,i , bose whole • conidu4 tawdrds Spain has been n tissue of the most infamOus trea chery, as well as the most ferocious cruelty,. should sftsinatize a gallant Spanish Officer" with tr.:achery, be - cause he was loyal to his Sovereign, and true to his Country, surpasses anything we yet witnessed of. 'human audacity, and affords the, strongest proof of his inter contempt for the opinions of mankind. A Fofeigher arrived at Harwich on Sunday, who is stated to be a person of considerable , rank in the present Government of France. He' tame over from Holland in a small vessel with some other 'pas sengers. The arrival of this person, when coupled with the hints lately thrown out in the Moniteur, on .the subject of peace, have given rise to a number of coLleaures. Some, importance seems to be at tached to the circumstance of his coming over in so small a vessel. But the faa is that nothing is more common than for persons who wish to makO'their escape to venture over in the smallest craft. A.. vessel not above ten tons burthen arrived in the River a few days .ago literally so full'ofiPassengers that they had not room to lie down. There appears strong reason to believe,either that tL re has been an action in the Baltic, or that one very shortly take place., as the Russian Fleet has put to sea, with the intention of eag.:ging the' Swedes. Their force is variodsly stated, at nine, eleven, and thirteen sail of the line, and several fri ga:es. The Swedish Fleet being inferior in point of number to the Russians, had retreated to Haeraster Bay ; and according to the last accounts, Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ having received this intelligence, from his Majesty's ship Goliath, was making every possi ble exertion to collea the whole of his force, with the intention of proceeding to efleet a junction with the Swedes. The Lords of the Admiralty, with that promptitude which they have upon every occa. !tion displayed, sent orders, by the Telegraph, to Portsmouth, for the Christian Seventh, St. Albans, and Thuntlerer, to sail inns ediately for the Baltic. THERE can be very little'doubt that BUONAPARTE is determined to make an effort with all the disposa ble military force of „France, to effe& the complete subjugation of Spain. His interest, as i well as his pride, is deeply concerhed in the executiotY dP_tlitS Ipro. .br.)lpCl plan. If Spain should succeed . establisuinnex ind6pendence, of which we trust therel i is • now no doubt, and should enter into a stria alliance with Great' Britain, not only all BuoNAFARTE's flews on the Continent would be frustrated, but the existence of the authority vvhich, be has usurped would be endangered. It seems, however, strange that in the present state of his discussions\ with Austria, BUONAPARTE can venture to send so large apart of his force to the Pyrenees. There is some reason to icdr that he has prevailed - upon the Emperor of sia to add to the list of egregious blunders which he has Committed, and to overawe Austria, while the Frenc4 ale employed in • the subjugation of Spain. We stated some time ago, that the Empe ror of Russia had given orders for the formation of three Camps on the Austrian frontiers, and there'ap pears some ground for apprehending that this step was caned in corakquence of the advice of CACLINCOURT. been thought somewhit strange :IA impoli tic in BUONAPARTh to proclaim, as he has. done in ,the Moniteur, his intention to persevere . in the at tempt to' subjugate 'Spain, as .he thereby gives a warning to the Patriots of that Country, and conse quently enables them to make better preparation to frustrate` his iniquitous purpose. This_apparently unguarded conduOt has by some been imputed to the same rash headlong precipitation which induced him to signify that the House of BRAGANZA had ceased to reign, and hence gave the Prince Regent and family ap opportunity of escaping frdni the vengence,Of the Corsican Tyrant. Btri the folly of that hasty declaration might be eapeaed to t teach him some 'caution, and not to expose him self -to discomfiture ,and ridicule by the same temerity. Indeed the patience ' with which the Portuguese had submitted to the tyranny of Ju- NOT, and with which they had 'suffered their Royal . Family to depart,. rather than make any effort to de liver themselves, might be thought to offer some _excuse for iIIONAPARTE ' S expe&ation that he-Should be quietly suffered to fix his yoke upon the Spaniards. -' In* Spain, however, his troops have met with such signal defeats, his Fleet has been secured, and the , condua of his Brother, and his armies has been so outrageous, that the general spirit of the nation has been roused, and as the Spaniards have so freely han dled his charaaer in their manifestoes, they must know that if he could possibly succeed in,subju • gating the Country, , his vengeance would lie bound ' less and unappeaseable ; and therefore •he must be convinced that the Spaniards are likely to strain every nerve, and resort to all possible means to escape the dreadful fate with which they are threatened. Besides, he cannot but know that in proportion to their experience in military affairs, the Spaniards . must -become better soldiers, and more able to de- . i fend themselVes. against the monstrous attempt to enslave,them and reduce them to a . state of hopeless misery, in resentment for the bold truths which they have uttered respeairt him, as well as for their presuniptiOn 'in resisting his pretensions to the Spanish Crown. He may naturally conceive also that the Spaniards will relinquish all foolish jea lousy, . with such formidable dangers before them ; and though in the beginning of their struggle they might wish to reserve all the honour to „them selves, they will .be glad to avail themselves of ' the co-operation of British Troops, in avertirt6 ' the vengeance of their foes, and supporting the in dependence of their 'Country. The efficacy 'of , such an alliance is evident, in the recent triumph of British Troops in Portugal, and the Tyrant must look _ .. .._ with dread on their junaion with the Spaniards in ) the field. . . . Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, 'Princesses So- PHIA, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lord WALSINGHAM, Lady THYNNE, Generals CART WRIGHT and FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in Windsor Park, and returned at twelve. • - - Yesterday the Windsor and Ciewer Volunteers were inspected by General DUCKENFIELD, the Inspe&ing • General for the DistriCt, and went through their exercise to the greatest satisfation Of the General.. A Vessel is arrived in the River from Bilboa, from whence she_ escaped on the 3d inst. in ballast. The confirms our former accoun!s of the town having been; .given up to piii , 3-ge I.)y the French for two days, and of niimbers . of the inhabitants !laving been put to death. At. the expiration of that time the enemy retired with their booty 3 but the place was immediately after entered by another party of French robbers, who remained in possession of the town when the Vessel sailed. Yesterday advices were received from St. Do mingo to the 2d of August : they state, that there have been several severe actions between the. Rival Chiefs in the Kingdom of Hayti, and, that PETION has been every where successful. St. Mark was still in possession of CH RiSTOPH E - but how long it would continue appeared very uncertain. A sortie hdd been made from it .by CIRISTOPI4E'S' troops, consisting of about 3000 they were oppQsed to !pun only of the enemy, who kept them in.check until reinfercementsarrived from Port-au-Paix,.whetr they .drove CHR IiTOPHF:S forces with . great slaughter. General ROmAirr had been shot by the order Of CHRISTOPHE, in consequence of, his sop:. posed attachment to the cause of PUT lON j and the troops who •served'under that General embraced the first opportunity to desert to the enemy at Port-au- Paix. PETroig is stated to be much recovered in his health, and to have quitted PortZan:,Prince with 8000 men, to gO against St. Mark and Gonaives. The final answer of BUONAPARTE to the petition of the Merchants at Beurdeaux, relative to the re straints upon their commerce, was forwarded , from Paris on the 29th of August. It states (according to letters from-Holland of the Bth inst.) " that in con sequence of the close alliance.which exists between France and Russia, it is utterly impossible to com ply with the prayer of the petition ; and conse quently no neutrals can be permitted •to enter into or proceed from Bordeaux or any of the port.. of France."—Suchis the statement received_ froM.Hol land- by the last "conveyance, the accuracy of which we cannot pretend to vouch. The late important news of our triumphs in Por tugal, have been 'recei'ved with much greater en; thusiasm in several parts of this Country than they 'have 'been in the metropolis. Illuminations took place in many parts as soon as the glorious tidings arrived. Exeter in particular manifested thenoblest spirit of patriotism on the occasion. Nothing but shouts of raptUre were heard in all quarters of the city, as soon as -the news arrived. A general illu mination took place; anti not one inhabitant could be found that did not join in celebrating the vitory which our countrymen bad gained over the most de testable enemy we ever encountered, as well as in the laudable ,pride of having effected the deliverante of an oppressed people, our antient Ally. As soon as information arrives of the surrender of JugoT, and the Completion of the glorious Expe dition of the British Troops and their'gallant Con:i nlanders, we hope that the Metropolis will not tail to testify its sense of the national triumph, a triumph that comes . horne to the hearts of Englishmen, who are always as anxious to shew their hunianity as their spirit, and who never had a better opportunity of manifesting their charaderistic generosity than in the glorious attempt to rescue Portugal and Spain from the domination of the most execrable Tyrant that ever appeared on the face of the earth—, NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 1 I.—Arrived the Windsor Castle and Queen, of 98 wins each, frorn Admiral . COLLINGWOOD'S Fleet, off Cadiz; also the S,bip, Aterla, of and , from Gibraltar, laden with>rwines, , bound to this Port for orders. Arrived a Fleet of Vietuallers (light) and Tran s ports, frona Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 42.—Arrived yesterday the Coquette Sloop of War, Capt. FORBES ; Redwine, Brig, Capt. DOWN ; and 4114 ea -Schooner, Lieut. GIBBONS, from Plymouth. Yesterday, in consequence of a telegraphic order, the Christian the Seventh, of g 6 guns, Capt, Sir I. SIDNEY YORK, Knt. went out of harboutos aisof the St. Albans, of 64 guns, Capt. AUStEN, the latter of which went In but the day before to undergo a thorough repair, and are preparing for sea with all possible expedition. Sailed yesterday the Defender Gun-brig, Ideut. PLOWMAN, with a Convoy for the Downs. Sailed this day the Thunderer, of 74 guns, Capt. TALBOT (in consequence of the above telegraphic order), for the Eastward; arid Conquest Gun-brig, Lieut. BOSWELL, with a Convoy for Guernsey. Arrived this day her most Faithful Majesty'& Ships Urania and Balom, having under their protection the Portuguese Ships Sacramento,Pernambucan,Anzi zade, Belisario, Rio Janeiro, Invincivel, Aurora, Flora, Vianneza, Fama, Lusitania, and Packet Dc, Rio, from the Brazils. The Redwiizg Sloop of War takes convoy to the Mediterranean ; Sparrow Sloop . of War to Fat mouth ; Rattler Sloop of War to Newfoundland, Halifax, &c.; and Revenge, of 74 guns, to India atilt South Whale Fishery. The Niobe Frigate takes merchants' money to Oporto, and will sail in a few days. HARWICH, SEPT. i2.--Arrived the Diana Packet, Capt. DONOUGH, from Heligoland, with Passengers, having landed the Mails at Yarmouth. - This morning the 43d, 59th, and 76th Regiments of Foot, and part of the 59th Rifle Corps, embailed , on board• the Transports lying here, and' remain with the Paz Schooner, Lieut. PRING. • DE! ~ SEPT. ie.—The Hon. East India Com pany's Ships Coutts, Hope, Earl Camden, Alfred, WoOdford, and Taunton Castle, arrived this morning in the Downs, under convoy of His Majesty's Ships Jupiter and Thetis, frgm China. The Transports having on board the Brigade of Guards came out of Ramsgate Harbour last night, and rerniiis in the Downs with the Ships as.per last. • Arrived the Leviathan, JACKSON, from Trinidad ; Renewal, CROMARTIE, from Barbacloes ; Cora, EUN- from St. Domingo ; Minorca, STEINSON,. Co lumbus, VOLLANS, and the kOrdAe/SVII, ANDERSON, from Surinam. The remainder of the Fleet from the Leeward Islands are hourly expet.ied. Came down from the River the Weymouth Store ship, and several outward-bound Vessels, which re maitl in the Downs with the Ships as per last. DOVER, SEPT. 12.—The. West India Fleet, of 100 Sail, are hourly expeeted. Passed by for London the Earl Camden and five other East Indiamen. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 11.—Arrived the Lyra Ten der from Shields, and Deptford from the Tower, both with impressed men and volunteers for the Fleet. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—Sailed his Majesty's ghiii Success, with a Fleet under convoy for Portugal and the Mediterranean ; and the Townshend racket, Capt. COCK, with Mails, for the Brazils. NEWFOUNDLAND, JULY 21, 1808. His Excellency Admiral HOLLOWAY, Governor and Commander in Chief of this Island, with his suite, arrived here on Tuesday evening, last, in his Majesty's Ship Isis, Capt. LAUGHARNE, from Eng land.—As 500 P. as the Isis had flnchored, a salute Was fir&l from Fort Towns - bend, and in the morn ing from the respective ships in the harbour, who welcomed his Excellency's return to this, 'plaCe with' all the distinaion due his rank. In the /sic, came passengers, Sir ISAAC COFFIN, Bart. on his way to his estates—the Magdalene Islands; Commissioner JOHN INGLEVIELD, Eiq. and 'Lieut. Jas.'HoLmAN, for Halifax; Mrs. BRINE, for St. John's. A very gallant exploit has been performed .by a small detachment from one of our Cruizere l in,the Mediterranean. An Italian Brig of War teing chased under a sattery, a party of Roy4l Marines, which consisted of two Lieutenants - and 45 rank and file, v‘' , ere landed just out of gun-shot : these brave fellows immediately ascended the heights, when, upon approaching the battery, the trench Officer who Commanded, confident in his strength (having upwards of 70 men of the favourite French Regi ment the 3d Legere), marched out with a field piece to attack them. The Lieutenant, without fir ing a musket, ordered his men to charge, which was executed so firmly, that although the French maiß 7 tained their ground for some time with great cou..-, rage, they at" last gave way, leaving their field-piece behind; and, our men, by a masterly m,:2cr.uvre having placed themselves between them and the battery, of which 'they got possession, opened r heavy fre upon the Brig, which, upon the app - osch of our Frigate, hauled down her colou - s. The hole. then, atter spiking the guns and blowing i p the ;magazines, re-embaiked. Our ;oss on this strvic -, 1-, .vtlicl: was theadmiration of all who witnessed it, iWas, the Second Lieutenant of Marines- badly ll Wounded in the arm, one Serjeant and seven pi- Yates killed, and five badly wounded. Acrioss is THE AnaiaTzc.—The following 3C- Count of the very gallant condua of two of our Cruizers in the Adriatic -(the official detail respeaa ink the Unite's prizes was given some weeks since hi ,our Qavitte) has been published in the Trieste, Vi enna, a.nd ma ;:y of the German Papers: we extra& l' it from. the Mae Zeit:mg._ _ Towards the close vt the month of May, Capt. DANDOLO, a Venetian Noble, descended from the , Conqueror of Constantinople, sailed ircTsl Corfu with. the F.rig Jena and two large Schooners, Wilie s t; !Ild• been fitted out there for the purpose of taking the Melpomene English . Frigate which blockaded the island. Capt. DANDOLO had •not been twelve hours at sea, when he descried the English pendant, and observing that the British Commander (Capt. PAR IM) did not run away, he prudently thought it high time he should do so ; the wind, however, be- came unfavourable for his return to Corfu, but he put into Paro, a small : island, about ten leagues frOns Corfu; the Melpomene followed, and threatened to destroy both the vessels and the town if they did not surteuder lannediately. A length a capitulation was concluded, by which the three ships were delivered up, but the crews were not : detained as prisoners. . About the same time, another expedition stifle,' . - from Zara tri Cake Capt.CA s mi'BELL, of the Unite, who, like thC celebrated French Chevalier PO REI,O, in for mer times, hai become the terfor of the Adriatic., This force consisted of two large Brigs and a Schooner; they tbought that; - trtlrn the number of prizes the Frigate had sent to Malta, she could not be half manned. After a short croize in guest of her, theyi• 101 in with her off - the Island of Melado. the Commodore- immediately began firing, bu , the Fri-. ; gate retained her fire until she ranged along- side ~ within pistol-shut; When she poured in so destruc tive a tire that the Brig struck. The other Brig at tempted to escape, and ran on a small island, When about half her crew landed, by leaping from, her bowsprit ; but the rest, with her Captain (DOoDo), were made prisoners. The Schooner 'escaped to Ancona." ~..- : The Larkins; FORSTER; from - Jamaica, aaica, IS arrived 'off' Hastings. She parted from the Fleet on the 10th inst. all well. . • ' . . His Majesty's Ship Leveret, with about 50 Sail Of Vessels under convoy - from I Gottenburgb, is arrived' in _Yarmouth Roads. Major CAMPBELL, sets out ' again on his return tO. 'Portugal. He will he accompanied by a number - 'Officers from the 2d Battalions of the British regl ments in that country, to replace the casualties suee tained in the late actions, and to render each Corp 4 more effeative in the important and active service , into which they are about to be called. , There was no' Court of Aldermen held to-day, but , the LORD MAYOR, after inspeaing the returns, ordered the price of Bread to be raised id. per Peck. The quartern loaf will thee be Is. I 'd. On Thursday WILLIAM &tete, Ese. late Mayor Of Dover, was re-elected ; but no, _ .. 411 -r_in _ n uilf . nation, Was retiteed oeineswori; into tbe office; au i E DWARD T eemese e, E sq . b e i ng i n nominat i on, and having a majority in point of law, was on Saturdat Sworn in, and received the keys and seals of office. , The consumption of sugar, coffee, and several are tides of colonial produce, is rapidly declining on the Continent, in consequence of their' nigh prices. IP several parts of Southern Germany the prices havP. fallen from the want of demand, and sugar has , beer l said in Suabia and Franconia at 125 to 130 flora , per cwt. being 25 florins per cwt. less than had bee' given for it at Amsterdam. ~ DRE,AbFUL CATASTROI'HE.—A boat-race for Ova silver cups, even by J. Templar, Esq. of Stayer , near Teigninouth, -which were' to be sailed for oil Tuesday last, induced the Rev. Mr. Buller, of Salt" ash, and Mr. Baker, of this town, to become One dictates for the first prize. Their two beautiful pleasure-boats, from 10 to 15 tens burden, - accord' ingly started from tins narnour on Monday =mktg. In Mr. Buller's boat weet•, Mr. Josias Thompson, of this town ; Mr. John Foster, of Saltash ; his appre,n' tiee; and Mr. BulleNboy.—Mr..:Baker's boat lel' lowed. They had proceeded as fir as' the Bolt Head, When they-were overtaken by a most tretnea dous squall, Accompanied with heavy rain, which lasted nearly hAlf an hour. At this time Mr. Buller's • boat was near two miles a-head, and from the thicic ness of the storm, could not be 'discerned i but on its subsiding, being still invisible, -Mr. Bilker concla - ded that she had borne away for Salcombe, as the wind continued to blow hard, with a prodigious. s e a d so t i ; ; , b c e o a u r rs a e w o Ty r a i t: , [ O l l , f a 1 1 i c t i , h sw ou e r il ; M A r. fi ß er ak k e e r e i d ) i e n t g e r t m h e i n on nearin g the shore,' sa w somethieg like crab-pot marks, bLit did not particularly regard them, until a' , shriek was heard to proceed from thence, wilealg r *. Buller Was .seen with his bead above water, 5 ": ported by a topmast spar, which forrunateiy was di ' the boat when she went down. Every exertion Wa' now used in saverg Mr. B. who was almost gone , having been in that situation en hour and a bailee'. On beitrg carefully drawn .on - board, every oleos I' were used to renew, that, life, (twice apparently' gone) which was,at last effected. - During thi s tirne,,Mr. Foster'eappreetice,.aud Mr. Buller's boYi eeere perceived at a little distance, holding by tile; ; ends of an oar ; and on picking up the latter, th& ; other, quite exhausted, loosed hisaiold and sunk to iithe bottom. Every eye was now strained in took' ' ing out for Mr. Thompson and. Mr. Foster, but" without success; and, after beating about for a con stderable time, theyregeetfully lee the inelancieall scene, and arrived at Salcotribe. Mr. Buller, ewe" ' recovered, said that they had, shipped a sea; an d , that Mr. Foster was in the little boat a-stern, cast ing Oldie painter, when another sea filled her, and t she went down by her stern. Mr. B. recollects M r *, Thompson swimming upright, but a little under • water, for some time after she sunk ; he has left widow, with tive children, and a numereus circle or acquaintance, to lament his loss: Mr. Foster was unmarried, but a respectable aria worthy character. , --T(-Plymouth and Dock Telegraph). .b.niter Hume, EF,q. author of the Tragedy of DO' , eies e eec. died at IVlerehieston Bank, on the eth inst' I in the 86th year of his age, arc ed do lar 11 , 1 Pr Hi Ito ad Pr( abi R, it :~ ~~T ~~ t; ei se ti